Gone to the Country

by Allen, Ray

• ISBN13: 9780252077470
• ISBN10: 0252077474
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-24
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Gone To The Country chronicles the life and music of the New Lost City Ramblers, a trio of city-bred musicians who helped pioneer the resurgence of southern roots music during the folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s. Formed in 1958 by Mike Seeger, John Cohen, and Tom Paley, the Ramblers introduced the regional styles of southern ballads, blues, string bands, and bluegrass to northerners yearning for a sound and an experience not found in mainstream music.

Author Biography

Ray Allen is a professor of music and American studies at Brooklyn College, City University of New York. His coedited collections include Ruth Crawford Seeger's Worlds: Innovation and Tradition in Twentieth-Century American Music and Island Sounds in the Global City: Caribbean Popular Music and Identity in New York.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Reviving Tradition in Modern America	p. 1
The Seeger Family Discovers the Folk	p. 9
Yale Hoots and Washington Square Jams	p. 25
The Ramblers Take the Stage, 1958-1959	p. 41
Seeger, Cohen, and Paley Perform the Folk, 1959-1961	p. 67
Paley Departs and Schwarz Arrives, 1961-1962	p. 104
Seeger, Cohen, and Schwarz Perform the Folk, 1962-1964	p. 123
Gone to the Country, 1965-1968	p. 156
A Second Decade, 1969-1979	p. 192
Thinking Legacy and Moving On	p. 221
Passing for Traditional and Rethinking Folk Revivalism	p. 243
Discographic Notes	p. 251
Notes on Sources	p. 253
Notes	p. 255
Index	p. 287
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